I’ve been a fan of Tom Hanks’ “The ‘Burbs” ever since I first saw it as a 10-year-old on VHS in 1989. Certainly, I’m not alone in my affe...

Freddy. Jason. Michael. Greta? There’s something sneaky about positing an older French woman as an unstoppable force in director Neil Jord...

There is a unifying quality to all of writer/director Mike Judge’s work – his ability to find humanity in a dehumanizing environment. It m...

All good things come to an end, even an underrated franchise like “How to Train Your Dragon.” It’s not Pixar, nor has any “Dragon” film sp...

When Sam J. Jones landed the title role in producer Dino De Laurentiis’s “ Flash Gordon ” he was on top of world — or perhaps the universe ...

It helps if horror comedies don’t completely skip the whole “horror” part of the equation. “Happy Death Day 2U” does just that, giving us ...

It’s hard to parody a genre already given its last rites. Hollywood unofficially gave up on rom-coms a while ago, having failed to find a ...

Once at a family gathering several relatives tried their best to convince me that Orson Welles had directed “The Third Man.” I knew it was...

The indie thriller “ Possum ” won’t spark a new horror franchise. Nor will the movie, on home video Feb. 12, be embraced by the masses. It...

No film franchise epitomizes our ADHD film culture better than the “Lego” series. Rapid fire jokes. Blazingly fast pop culture references....

“America the Beautiful” combines the most annoying tics from found footage films with full on Trump Derangement Syndrome. And it’s even wo...

John Travolta as a speed boat racer mixed up in the drug trade? You have my attention. Make it based on the life of South Florida boating ...

Today’s filmmakers routinely inject progressive messages into their product. Sometimes it’s as overt as “ Vice ,” a movie dedicated to des...

If you’ve seen the trailer for “Serenity” you might think you know what to expect. Not even close. The term “bait and switch” rushes to m...

What can be said about Michael Caine that hasn’t been said before? The man is a treasure. One of the last true personality or je ne sais q...

M. Night Shyamalan hit a pop culture nerve with “ Unbreakable .” Few filmmakers took comic book movies seriously back in 2000. An even sma...